A Tribute to Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Steve Ditko, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Jerry Siegel, Joe Schuster and everyone who made it possible for millions of children around the world could dream of someday being a superhero and make this world better.

He hails from an unimaginable era: the 31st century. Fleeing through the timestream from the pursuing team of futuristic defenders known as the Guardians of the Galaxy, Korvac the Machine Man has established a secret presence on present-day Earth in the self-created persona of the mysterious Michael. Through such an unassuming guise, Korvac contemplates the elements of a universe he thirsts to command. Yet despite the subtlety of Michael’s machinations, the world’s greatest super-team — the mighty Avengers — catches wind of his cosmos-conquering scheme, thus drawing the two titanic forces into inevitable conflict.

Features an introduction by Ralph Macchio and a brand-new 4-page epilogue by Mark Gruenwald & Tom Morgan that was ommitted from later printings/editions (upon Tom Brevoort’s decision) until the 2012 printing.